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On Thur. Dec. 01, 1994 Rohan Davidson wrote: > Do we have a consensus over Warp with relation to > (a) disk space > (b) thinkpad video drivers > (c) thinkpad PCMCIA and power preservation settings? Not sure about a concensus, but here are my observations... a) At this point, I've installed the basic OS plus the following: HyperAccess Lite, Faxworks, CIM for OS/2, System Information Tool, a few miscellaneous shareware utilities, and a 12MB swap file. Disk space used to date ~ 50MB. b) Warp's installation routine correctly sensed and installed SVGA support for my TP's WD90C24 video controller. (Things may get dicey following subsequent ROM BIOS upgrades, but that's a somewhat separate issue). The SVGA drivers appear stable and bug-free, and performance is quite good (relative to Windows equivalent). c) Support for my PCMCIA modem was installed correctly and automatically. There seems to be very little difference between the Windows and Warp versions of "Easy Play for PCMCIA". The quality of the PCMCIA implementation seems to be highly dependent upon the PCMCIA controller involved. For example, I understand that Warp doesn't support the Compaq Aero at all due to the unusual PCMCIA controller used by those machines. For anyone using a Thinkpad, however, this shouldn't even be an issue. Suspend/resume is brain damaged and will only work reliably if you disable your power-on password. IBM has told me that this problem MAY be addressed by some future BIOS upgrade, but that they do not consider it a Warp problem per se. Also, hibernation does not work in conjunction with my modem without "hot-plugging" it first. IBM has said that they are also aware of this problem, and that a BIOS patch will be required to fix this as well. (No immediate plans for doing so, however). Other than these two items, everything else functions normally with regard to PCMCIA/APM (in my experience). That's all, folks........ _________________________________________________________________ Karl E. Yeanoplos | (kyeanopl@den.mmc.com) Martin Marietta Corp. | P.O. Box 179/M.S. 5451 | Denver, CO. 80201 |